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Phan Thanh Gian
Phan Thanh Gian (Phan Thanh Giản, 1796–1867) was a Vietnamese scholar and senior mandarin of the Nguyen dynasty who died by poison after France seized three provinces in 1867.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Phan Thi Kim Phuc (Phan Thị Kim Phúc), born 1963, is the Vietnamese-born Canadian woman shown as a child in Nick Ut's 1972 'Napalm Girl' photo, later a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and KIM Foundation founder.
Phan Thiết
Phan Thiết, coastal city in south-east Vietnam, former capital of Binh Thuan, now wards of Lam Dong since July 2025; fishing and fish-sauce port of ~230,000 whose resort strip Mui Ne, 20 km away, is famed for dunes and kitesurfing.
Phan Van Giang
Phan Van Giang, born in 1960, is a Vietnamese army general and Politburo member serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense since 2021.
Phanai
Phanai (Φανά) was an ancient sanctuary of Apollo Phanaios at Kato Phana on southwest Chios, cult from Mycenaean times, stone temple by the 7th century BC, later a Christian basilica.
Phanariot regime
The Phanariot regime (Regimul fanariot) was the Ottoman system of appointing Greek princes from Constantinople's Phanar district to rule Moldavia and Wallachia, begun after 1711 and ended in 1821.
Phane nomenclature
Phane nomenclature is an IUPAC method, introduced in 1998, for naming organic structures of rings or ring systems linked directly or through chains, such as cyclophanes.
Phanerochaete
Phanerochaete, established by Petter Karsten in 1889, is a genus of crust-like fungi that decompose dead wood; its species P. chrysosporium was the first basidiomycete to have its genome published.
Phanerozoic (Φανεροζωικός)
The Phanerozoic (Greek for "visible life") is the most recent eon of geologic time, running from 538.8 million years ago to the present and divided into the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
Phanes of Halicarnassus
Phanes of Halicarnassus (Φάνης) was a Greek mercenary commander who served Pharaoh Amasis II, then defected to Cambyses II, aiding the Persian conquest of Egypt in 525 BC.
Phanghongs effect
Phanghongs effect is a casino in My Tho (Thành Phố Mỹ Tho), Tien Giang, southern Vietnam, listed in OpenStreetMap-based map data near Lotteria Big C GO! Mỹ Tho and 120 Military Hospital; MAPS.ME lists it as Đồ họa PHANGHONGS.
Phangnon Konyak
S. Phangnon Konyak is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party representing Nagaland in the Rajya Sabha since 2022, the first woman from Nagaland to enter the house.
Phani Bhusan Choudhury
Phani Bhusan Choudhury (born 1952) is an Indian politician of the Asom Gana Parishad who has represented Barpeta in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after nine terms in the Assam Legislative Assembly.
Phanishwar Nath Renu
Phanishwar Nath Renu (फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु, 1921–1977), born Phanishwarnath Mandal, was an Indian Hindi writer whose novel Maila Anchal founded the regional novel genre in Hindi literature.
Phanom Rung Historical Park
Phanom Rung Historical Park (ปราสาทพนมรุ้ง), opened in 1988, protects Prasat Phanom Rung, a Khmer Hindu sanctuary built from the 10th to 13th centuries on an extinct volcano in Buriram province, northeastern Thailand.
Phantasm (film)
Phantasm is Don Coscarelli's 1979 independent horror film in which teen Mike battles the Tall Man, a mortician reanimating corpses, and his deadly silver sphere. Made for about $300,000, it grossed $11.99 million, won Avoriaz's special jury prize, and spawned four sequels.
Phantasm II
Phantasm II is a 1988 American horror film directed by Don Coscarelli, the sequel to Phantasm, following Mike and Reggie as they pursue the Tall Man.
Phantasm: Ravager
Phantasm: Ravager (Phantasm V: Ravager) is the 2016 fifth and final Phantasm film, directed by David Hartman with Don Coscarelli, starring Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm's final Tall Man, shot secretly over seven years.
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria (French: fantasmagorie) was a horror entertainment in which a hidden magic lantern projected ghosts onto screens, smoke, or walls, popular from 1792 through the 19th century.
Phantasmagoria (video game)
Phantasmagoria (Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria) is Sierra On-Line's 1995 FMV horror adventure on seven CDs, designed by Roberta Williams, starring Adrienne Delaney, with a $4 million budget, controversy, and a 1996 sequel.
Phantastes
Phantastes, full title Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women, is an 1858 fantasy novel by George MacDonald about young Anodos's adventures in Fairy Land.
Phantasy Star (ファンタシースター)
Phantasy Star (ファンタシースター) is Sega's science fantasy RPG series begun December 1987 on the Sega Mark III/Master System, starring Alis in the Algol system, continued by Phantasy Star Online (2000) and PSO2 (2012).
Phantasy Star Online
Phantasy Star Online (PSO) is Sonic Team's December 2000 Dreamcast action RPG, the first online console RPG, set on planet Ragol with Pioneer 2 hub, hunter classes, Diablo-style loot, later ports, and surviving private servers.
Phantasy Star Online 2
Phantasy Star Online 2 (PSO2) is Sega's free-to-play online action RPG, launched Japan July 2012, with class-switching, Photon Arts, episodic content, an 8-year-delayed 2020 Western release, and the 2021 New Genesis overhaul; 12 million registered users and ¥100 billion revenue.
Phantogram (band)
Phantogram: American electronic rock duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter, formed 2007 in Greenwich, New York, formerly Charlie Everywhere. Albums Eyelid Movies, Voices, Three (Billboard top ten), Ceremony, Memory of a Day; also Big Grams with Big Boi.
Phantom (2013 film)
Phantom (2013) is a Cold War submarine thriller set in 1968. It stars Ed Harris as a Soviet captain whose mission is hijacked by a rogue agent.
Phantom (2015 film)
Phantom (फैंटम) is a 2015 Hindi action thriller by Kabir Khan, starring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif, based on Hussain Zaidi's Mumbai Avengers about hunting the 2008 Mumbai attack masterminds; banned in Pakistan on Hafiz Saeed's petition.
Phantom Auto Inc.
Phantom Auto Inc. was a teleoperation company founded in Mountain View, California, in 2017, whose software let remote operators drive and monitor unmanned vehicles like forklifts.
Phantom BC
Phantom BC (Ghost Gang) is a league-owned women's 3-on-3 basketball club in Unrivaled, Miami, debuting January 2025; 4-10 in 2025, 11-3 top seed and 2026 championship runner-up to Mist BC.
Phantom Blade Zero (影之刃零)
Phantom Blade Zero (影之刃零) is a dark wuxia action RPG by China's S-Game, directed by Soulframe Liang, on Unreal Engine 5 for PS5 and PC, launching October 29, 2026; a Kungfupunk reimagining of Rainblood.